PLAGIARISM CONT'D [Jonah Goldberg]

This, I didn't know. From a reader:

While I condemn the laziness that simply quoted Newman's paice, calling it theft when it was cross-posted to Kos's site (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/1/91136/3637) where it explicitly states that "Site content may be used for any purpose without explicit permission unless otherwise specified." strikes me as wrong. It isn't theft if it is given away.
Me If true -- and if this is why Brown felt free to copy a blog -- it strikes me as a fair point (though I have to assume it was a staffer who wrote the letter in the first place). But I think my point about the nature of plagiarism stands nonetheless.


Update The reader who sent me the above, adds:

To be honest, I don't think Newman remembered it at first himself. He added the comment as an update to his original post: http://www.nathannewman.org/laborblog/archive/003529.shtml